shakespare sonnet syllables?

Question

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked elipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

do any of these lines not have 10 syllables. i though that 4,6 and 14 might be off but this was a shakeapeare poem and he could have pronounced things dif

Answer 1

That's a good point, i guess he could have pronounced them different, but otherwise he'd be breaking the rules of that type of poetry,

Answer 2

Each line contains exactly 10 syllables. The translation is excellent. Note: in the 7th line 'against' was translated as 'gainst. Remember, Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616. The "English" spoken then would not be easily understood today. English, not being of a pure origin, has always changed faster than other languages. The French spoke very much the same during Shakespeare's as they do now, for instance.
Gervoi

Answer 3

Each of these lines has ten syllables. Though the normal pattern for a sonnet is iambic pentameter, once that meter has been established, it was and is common to begin lines in a different meter, frequently trochaic , as in the first foot of the last line here. In later Shakespeare plays, the iambic pentameter pattern is often much altered.

Answer 4

All lines in iambic pentameter start with an upbeat, so the first beat of the iamb is the second syllable--

In SEquent TOIL all FORwards DO conTEND

Crawls TO maTUriTY whereWITH being CROWN'd (I know, to us "being" sounds like two, but poetically it's one)

PraiSING thy WORTH, desPITE his CRUel HAND

Answer 5

The last line has 9 syllables. Count it out. Add the word And at the beginning. Pax - C.